123
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1918.
Drypoint
Estimation:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,450
Résultat:
€ 3,429 / $ 3,943

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123
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1918.
Drypoint
Estimation:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,450
Résultat:
€ 3,429 / $ 3,943

( frais d'adjudication compris)

Selbstbildnis. 1918.
Drypoint.
Signed. One of 60 copies. On wove paper. 27.5 x 25.5 cm (10.8 x 10 in). Sheet: 47,2 x 32,5 cm (18,50 x 12,59 in).
Sheet 1 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published by the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [MH].

• With his intense gaze, Beckmann seems to communicate directly with the viewer.
• Cover of the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces), published in 1919.
• In these works, Beckmann impressively depicts life in all its facets
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PROVENANCE: Hans Kinkel Collection, Stuttgart/Munich.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (since 2000: Galerie Kornfeld).
Since then in family ownership.

EXHIBITION: Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair House, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 66.
Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 1.

LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 137 B b (of C b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 108.
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Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 225th auction, Hommage an Beckmann. Eine Privatsammlung, June 23, 2000, lot 19.